He was born in Miami, raised in Brooklyn and says he currently lives “in a suitcase” — but Ben Vereen seems most at home on Broadway. The Tony-winning star of “Pippin” is back in town, performing his one-man show “Steppin’ Out With Ben Vereen” at Feinstein’s/54 Below Monday through Nov. 26. “I used to hang out at Studio 54, and in those days, oh my God!” the 70-year-old tells Barbara Hoffman. Here are his favorite city haunts.

At the Michelangelo Hotel on Seventh Avenue, where I often stay, I love their downstairs lounge. It’s so intimate. They serve eggs Florentine at breakfast, but I’m a grits-and-oatmeal guy. They have oatmeal — I’m still looking for a place for grits.

I’m a vegetarian, but I eat fish, and I like uni and eel and fresh oysters. There’s this wonderful fish place, Milos, on 55th Street. I happened to be walking by one day and someone said, “You have to check out this place!” And it was so sweet. They brought me in the back, and they had all this fish laid out and they said, “Which one would you like?” They cooked something for me, and it was amazing.

I do a lot of meditation, and I usually collect little Buddhas and things of that nature. One day I found this little store on 48th Street called Scent Elate that has all these oils and incense and candles and things. I go to Tibet House to chant. I love being around people who come together to pray and celebrate life. You can call it what you want to — God or Buddha or Jesus, Allah or Yahweh — but to me, there’s only one power in the universe. It’s the energy we’ve been allowed to embody.

I [recently] saw my friend Chita Rivera at Carnegie Hall. I played there some years back. Standing on that stage, you feel the spirits of all those wonderful artists who’ve been there before, and it takes your breath away. When I was in “Pippin” and made an appearance there for a benefit, it took a few moments before I could breathe!

What I like about New York is its love and support for the arts. I have a program called “Wellness Through the Arts,” and I’m hoping to work with my old alma mater, the [La Guardia] High School for the Performing Arts, to put arts in the hands of kids who don’t have that, especially in the penal system. Helping them tell their story, their pain and their joy, helps them get over, helps them heal.